09.10.2015 17:39:47Hi Sandie,just wanted to say that I've rllaey enjoyed reading your first two posts and am looking forward to more!I hope to use many picture books in my English lessons when I start the practical part of teacher training here in Germany in August - I will be very interested in trying out some ideas gathered here concerning choice of picture books and using the illustrations to their full potential.Thank you for taking the plunge and sharing your passion with us, it is a big help and inspiration!Sam from Berlin http://rtmdevyrha.com [url=http://lqkzxh.com]lqkzxh[/url] [link=http://bsofed.com]bsofed[/link]09.10.2015 09:22:58Hi Zoe,Great to see you here and thanks for pnopipg by. I think one of the reasons you (and many others!) aren't familiar with this title is that you are based in the UK. My UK experience with picturebooks burst from its bubble when I did some work for Scholastic USA; and I was sent titles I had never heard of - Yo! Yes! was one of those titles. There's more of a 'crossover' now, especially as we have these wonderful blogs to read and share favourites and finds. But when this book came out in 1993, we were still very isolated on our British illustrators' island. I still think that UK book shops favour British based publications, but it's much better than it used to be. Sandie09.10.2015 03:17:21"I think that the mother wrote here (underlining the text on the note) from now on your life is going to cgnhae!" ... so, you can be surprised by children's accuracy and deep thinking about real life pictured in picturebooks (for example)! You know, Anthony Browne is one of my favourite children's books english authors...there's another good example of his books (as many others, because A.B. gives us many good "tools" for debates about our social world...)that could be read in class..."Voices in the Park" ...how society is portrayed there and children's voices? another one, "Shape Game" ...good example to explore no only a visit to the museum but also to invite pupils, teens, adults o play he shape game...like we did here in Oliveira de Azemeis with nursery school and primary school children! We had an exibition and you know, in September I found the 45 celebriies book that played the shape game suggested by Anthony Browne...it was an amazing coincidence! (We would like to send those drawings to Anthony...)...Well, what I wan to stress here is that picturebooks are gooooood to enjoy, have fun, play and learn a loooot! Thank you for your good review and great blog!!! hugsLucia http://xrlskecroyy.com [url=http://iafehusdao.com]iafehusdao[/url] [link=http://lkzploaa.com]lkzploaa[/link]08.10.2015 21:25:09"I think that the mother wrote here (underlining the text on the note) from now on your life is going to cganhe!" ... so, you can be surprised by children's accuracy and deep thinking about real life pictured in picturebooks (for example)! You know, Anthony Browne is one of my favourite children's books english authors...there's another good example of his books (as many others, because A.B. gives us many good "tools" for debates about our social world...)that could be read in class..."Voices in the Park" ...how society is portrayed there and children's voices? another one, "Shape Game" ...good example to explore no only a visit to the museum but also to invite pupils, teens, adults o play he shape game...like we did here in Oliveira de Azemeis with nursery school and primary school children! We had an exibition and you know, in September I found the 45 celebriies book that played the shape game suggested by Anthony Browne...it was an amazing coincidence! (We would like to send those drawings to Anthony...)...Well, what I wan to stress here is that picturebooks are gooooood to enjoy, have fun, play and learn a loooot! Thank you for your good review and great blog!!! hugsLucia26.09.2015 18:40:50Hi Luciano,The black book of colours is a woedrnful picturebook. I only have the Spanish version, hence the reason I haven't put it on my blog. For those of you who aren't familiar with the picturebook Luciano has mentioned, it's a book written to help readers understand what it's like to be blind: "Living with the use of one's eyes can make imagining blindness difficult, but this innovative title invites readers to imagine living without sight through remarkable illustrations done with raised lines and descriptions of colors based on imagery. Braille letters accompany the illustrations and a full Braille alphabet offers sighted readers help reading along with their fingers. This extraordinary title gives young readers the ability to experience the world in a new way."It is truely special, though I've not used it in my classes, it has great potential. I must get the English version. Thanks Luciano!Sandie